Sanitary house.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

E. J. NOBLETT.

SANITARY HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 24., 1906.

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SANITARY HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1906.

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SANITARY HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1906.

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SANITARY HOUSE.

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Xfirzesa 66 UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J -NOBLETT, .OF CHICAGO, \ILLINOIS.

' SANITARY ouse.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. NOBLETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of lllinois have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sariitar Houses; and I do hereby declare that'the fo lowingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sanitary houses, and moreparticularly to a house adapted for useinthe treatment of tuberculous and other pulmonary diseases and affections.

For many years it' has been a well-known and the best approved method for treating pulmonary affections to require the patient to sleep in the open air, preferably in a climate where the variations in temperature and humidity are not so extreme as to greatly tax the patient. In man instances, however, tuberculous camps ave been established-as, for instance, in the Adirondack regions, in certain parts of Canada, and in numerous other places where the patient is exposed to the rigors of a severe winter season-and the only shelt'er afforded in many instances isa tent. It is the experience of experts in pulmonary diseases that the patient is sometimes gravely endangered by ex.- posure to sudden changes which frequently tax the low vitality of the patient beyond the power of recuperation. The objects sought y these methods of treatment are to insure the patient'obtaining pure .and uncontaminated air, not necessarily cold air, and certainly it is not desirable to unduly expose the health of the already-debilitated patient to the hardships incurred in sleeping out of doors without adequate protection.

The object of this invention is to afford a house of light, strong, and durable construction and insuring perfect sanitary conditions .as to ventilation at all times and while protecting theinmate from dampness and enabling the patient to employ the ordinary means for securing warmth and comfort to provide at all times independent of weather conditions a regulable supply of pure outside air without exposin the patient to draft.

It is a further object of the invention to afford a construction whereby the air constantly circulates and flows throughthe buildspeciflpation of Letters Patent. I Application inea'nmh 25,1905. sisal No. 261,958.

the ends of the house. view of one of the door-sections.

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mg or house and affords means whereby the supply of air is practically invariable, the

7 construction automatically operating to regulate the amount of air received during high winds to approximately the amount of air received when a gentle breeze is blowin It is a further object of the invention to afford a sectionally-built house and one which the patient can remove from place to place at will, thus enabling the patient to obtain variety of scenery from time to time and change of climate and such local conditions as he ma preferand his physician may advise.

,7 he invention embracesmany novel 'fea-. tures; and-it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims. In'the drawings, Figure 1 "is. a front eleva tion of a house embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3

is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken just above the floor. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the framing and joists for the sillsand floor.

Fig. 8 is a' horizontal 1 section, partly broken, taken between the floor and the subfloor'. Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section illustrating the frame and the door and window construction. Fig. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary detail illustrating the method-0f attaching the-roof to the walls. Fig. 11' is a perspective view of one of the side sections. Fig. 12 is a similar view of a window-section used adjacent the door. Fig. 13 is a similar view of a relatively narrow section of the front side wall. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a window used at Fig. 15 is a similar Fig. 16 is a perspective of one of the floor-sections.

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the porch. Fig. 18 is an enlarged fragmentary detail illustrating the method of securing the sills to the posts. Fig. 19 is a fragmentary detail illustrating means for lining the sections. on the inner side, if preferred. Fig. 20 is a section takenon line 20 20 of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is an enlarged fragmentary detail illustrating the arrangement of louvers, whereby air is admitted'beneath the subfloor. Fig. 22 is a similar detail of the arrangement and conmitted to escape from the top of the house. Figs. 23 and 24 are enlarged details of the 'struction of louvers, whereby the air is perconstruction of the louvers shown in Fig. 22. Fig. 25 is a perspective view of the louver frame and regulating-lo'uvers in the subfloor. Fig. 26 isa perspective View of the step-section. Fig. 27 is a perspective of the top ventilator-section. Fig. 28 is a top plan view of the roof of the house. Fig. 29 is a top plan view of the roof of the ventilator.

In said drawings, A and A indicate the side sills, and A and A the end sills, which, as shown ,comprisc four-by-ten dimension-pieces of the required length, mortised together at their ends, and to which are rigidly bolted the posts a, the number of which will of course T5 vary with the dimension of the house, but which in the drawings are shown to be eight in number and of equal length. Said posts, as shown, are out to fit under the sills and lap on the inner side thereof and afford a flush 2o finish on the outer side. A base-strip a of any desired width is secured on the outer side and at the foot of said posts, thus rigidly binding the same together. Secured on the inner side of the side sills for the entire length and extending below the same are strips 6 and secured thereon at their ends transversely of the house are subjoists b at equal distances between the ends and middle of the building, and extendingtransversely at the center and dovetailed into the middle post on each side of the house is a stringer B, the bottom of which extends in'a plane with the under side of the subjoists b and strips 1) and the top of which affords a center support for the floor-joist C of the building.

Secured longitudinally of the building and centrally between the subjoists bis a rectangular louver-frame in itself comprisin a section when the house is built sectiona ly and consisting of an inner frame B, which is secured to the subjoists and extends below the same and fits into a lower outer frame B in which and pivotally secured near their axis are flights or louver-boards b to b, inclusive, which, as shown, incline oppositely from the middle, so that thou h all remain in their fully-open position w en the wind is very light a stronger wind acts to partly close some of said louver-boards, which are each preferably weighted to close at different pressures, so that with a strong wind only a sufficient open space is left to afford the requisite amount of circulation. Covering the bottom 5 5 of the underframe B is a fine-wire screen I), which acts to shut out insects and vermin. Said subjoists are sheathed with matched lumber orother suitable material acting to afford close joints on their under side, affording a subfloor, and, as shown, said subfloor is constructed in sections, (indicated in Fig. 8 by B B, B and B of which the sections B and B are secured to the subjoists and to strips a, on the, end sills similar to the strips 65 b and the sections Bi and B are secured on the strips b, secured to the side sills, and b", secured to the louver-frame. Said sections being rigidly bolted or screwed in place on the sills, subjoists, and louver-frame afford a tight subfloor with the louver positioned in the middle of the same.

Resting upon the stringer B and gained into the end sills are joists C and a center joist C, the ends of which are dovetailed into the middle posts at the end of the house, as shown in Fig. 7, and act to tie the end sills centrally in the same manner that the crossstringer B ties the side sills centrally. Supported on said joists is a floor consisting, as shown, of three sections 0, c, and 0 each comprising a closely-laid floor of suitable ton eand-grooved strips secured together by blittens 0 whereby said sections may be handled as units in the building or taking down of the house. As shown, extending along each side wall and each end wall of the house are strips 0 c c c c", which form a part of the floor when down, of which c c c are hin ed to turn back a ainst the side and end wal s, respectively, and c and c" are hinged to 0 turn back upon the floor. Said strips afford an air-inlet s ace at each side and at each end for the full length and width of the room and through which the air admitted throu h the louver-frame in the subfloor passes. s 5 shown, also, each of the sections a and c have hinged thereto at their inner edge an upwardly-folding section 0" and c, adaptedto permit the inflow nearer the middle of the room and ordinarily in close proximity with the bedside should said hinged section be opened at night.

As shown, the side and end walls are each composed of sections. adapted to be bolted together to afford a very rigid construction. :05 Said sections are each constructed of dimension stuff, such as two-by-four pine or other suitable material, dressed to afford a satis-. factory interior finish and having secured on the outer side thereof matched siding to af- 11o ford as great strength as possible and to render the same a satisfactory protection a ainst wind and weather. The top outer e ge of the sill is beveled downwardly and outwardly to shed water, and the lower end of the stud- 1 I 5 ding for each of said side and end sections is cut to lap onto the inner side of the sill, to which it is ri idly bolted, thus brin ing the outer face of t e siding back slightly om the outer face of the sill to admit of a casing d, covering the joint between adjacent sections flush with the outer side of the sill.

As shown, three sections, comprising two duplicate plain sections D I) and a central Window-section D, form each end of the house 1 z 5 and are rigidly secured in place each to the other by bolting the studding d of the Window-sections and d of the plain sections to gether and to the sill. Inthe same manner the rear side of the building is constructed of render the same waterproof.

two plain sections,.being indicated by D, and a window-section corresponding with the endwindow-sections D before described.

. Conveniently, the sections are bolted together at the corners,'as shown in Fig. 9, the studding d bein secured flat to the siding of the section D an the stud d of the section I) at the rear of the house bein set backthe thickness of the stud (1, so t at in bolting said studs together a double corner stud is rovided, which eatly increases the strength.

he front wall of the building consists of two end sections D similar in construction and each containin a window, one stud d of which bolts to t e stud d of the corresponding end section D and the other stud d of which serves as a window-jamb and bolts to the corresponding stud d, which serves as a jamb for the door-section D", of which, as shown, there are two, the adjacent studs of which bolted to ether afford a double thickness between t e doors when in place, as shown in Fig. 9. ,f I

As shown, a blind-stop d is rigidly secured on the outer face of each window-stud, and a corresponding furring-strip d covers the joints between all connected studs, and a casing (2 is secured coveringeach joint and finishing flush with the sil as before described. In the same manner corner-boards d are provided, affording a finished corner. Connecting the tops of said sections are the plates al into Wl'llCh the u per ends of each stud mortises and throng which and extending through the tenon of the studs extend Wood-screws d, which firmly bind the plates in place.

The upper edge of the late is beveled to correspond with the pitc of the roof, and supported on said plates is a hip-roof having a central opening and comprising four sections of appropriate shape, the side sections of which are indicated by E and the end sections by E. Said roof is constructed of matchedboards or other suitable material having a covering thereon of canvas or felt, painted or treated in any suitable mannerto side of each section are secured cleats e and -e, spaced a distance apart toaiford a groove between the same, in which the plate fits and to which the roof is secured by'means of me-. tallic brackets e which are rigidly secured both to the plate and the cleat e, as shown in Fig. 10. Hip-boards 6. cover the joints in said roof and are rigidly secured thereto and act to bind the sections together for the entire length of each joint. Removably secured to cover the opening at the center of the hip-roof is a ventilator F, comprising four louver-frames rigidly secured together at the corners to afford a rectangular ventilator extending a height above the roof to provide, as shown, four rigidly-secured louver-boards in each frame and affording spaces between On the under the same for the passage of air. As shown,

secured on the inner face of each of said lou-' ver-boards f and depending downwardly into the openin between the ower edge of the same and t 0 next succeeding lower louverboard is a flap f, of leather, canvas, or other suitable material, which, as shown, is provided with eyelets f worked along its margin and into which extends a pin or screw f the head of which bears against the outer edge of the next upper louver-board and acts to confine said flap from being drawn out of operative relation by the force of the draft. Removably'secured on the to of the ventilator is a roof F, also hippe and from the center of which opens an upwardly-extending flue f, the up er end of which is protected with a cow f", of any suitable type, as is usual.

On the front of the house leading to the doors are the steps G, also made to constitute a se arate section, and, if referred, a porchroo .G may be secured a ove the. doors in any suitable manner, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Inwardly-opening louvers are provided between the posts a, affording the foundation of the house. These louvers, as shown, are rigidly secured to the posts a, and each of the same (indicated by H) is provided with a block it on the rear side of the same, afi'ording a flat perpendicular face on which is rigid y secured a depending flap h, of canvas, leather, or other suitable material. which hangs down over the inner side of the next succeeding louver-board, as shown in Fig. 21, and acts to close the opening of the louverboar'ds against pressure from within, but affords free inlet for the air flowing inwardly. As shown, the uppermost of said louver.- boards H is secured on the under side of the sill and is comparatively narrow, and the uppermost of said flaps (indicated by if) is secured beneath the sill and hangs down over the next succeeding louver-board, as before described.

.- 'If referred, an inner lining'for the walls may e provided, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20, comprising sections I I, of sheathing i, cut to fit transversely between the studding and matched together, if preferred, and secured on their inner sides by strips i of a width such that when they are 'in contact with the outer wall the lining will be flush with the inner faces of the studding. But tons i are pivotally engaged on said studding and when in-one position engage the sides of said sections and hold them in place. The operation is as follows: The house constructed as described is of light Weight and capable of ready transportation and to be quickly assembled in erecting the same or to be taken apart for moving. If preferred, a partition extends from the double studs transversely the house, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, dividing the same into two equal the room or rooms are at the proper tem eraturethe patient swingsback the hinge sections c,;c':, "c,--a-nd c fastening the same against the wall by means of the books a,

secured-on-the'studs in osition to en age said hinge-sections=when fu opened. a is ob-' vious that fresh air eircu ates through the entire room at all times, inasmuch as the wind blowingagainst any sideor end of the house passes inwardly through the lower louvers on thewindward side, closing these on the other side, and asses upwardly through th'elouvers in the subfioor -where it is distributed, and into the room through the o eningsafiorded by said hinged sections. ercirculatin in the room, the current passing outward y, a part passes throu hthe central flue at the top of the vent' ator and the remainder passes outwardly through the louvers in the eeward-side of the ventilator. This will-be obvious, inasmuch as the pressure of the wind against the ventilator-louvers on the windward side of the house tends to hold the same firmly closed, While in the same manner the house may be varied to suitthe individualpressure from within below the subfioor acts to hold the louvers on the leeward side of the house firmly closed, and inasmuch as the regulating louver-boards in the subfioor are weighted to balance at difierent pressures the quantity of air-delivered into the room is thus automatically. regulated in part by the pressure of the wind.

Obviousl a sectional house capable of being-asse b ed and affording a perfect system of venti ation is particularly adaptable for patients afi'ected with pulmona diseases owing to the facility wit can obtain change of climate and scenery with trifling expense.

Obviously many details of construction may be varied, and, if referred, the venti lating system can be app ied to buildingsand houses of any desire I construction. I do not desire to limit this application for patent otherwise than necessitated by the rior art, as the form and details of construction of the taste of the purchaser, and the particular embodiment o the ventilating devices ma be varied without departing from the principles of this invention.

I claim as my invention I 1. A ventilated room comprising a floor, walls and a roof, means admittin air beneath the floor upon the windward'oft e roomand hinged sections inthe floor arranged around the walls of the room opening upwardl and admitting the air throughthe floor an 'ventilators at the toplof the room from which the air flows outwar 2. A ventilate 'room comprising meanswhich t e patient admitting of a natural dratt'of air=therethrough. comprising inwardly-o en-valves 4. A house comprising-thefloor, walls-and.-

a .roof, inwardly-o ning, valves beneath the floor, hinged sections at the floor adjacent the walls through which the air flows into the room and outwardly-opening valvesin the roof whereby the air flows {from the wind ward side of the house upwardly therethrou h and out at the leeward side thereof.

5. fn a house the combination with the p allsilfiofir and roof t(l11lereof, of a-subflclior beow t e our, upwar y-ope .r atin valves arranged in; the subflfind d da te d to close at different 'd ees'of pressure om below, valves opening inwardly through the walls below the subfloor, valves in the floor adapted to be opened to admit the air therethrpugh and outwardly-openingvalves in the roo 6. A sanitary house eomprisin the walls, roof floor and subfloor, a base-w l-elevating the s'ubfioor-above the und, louvers arranged in the base-wall i dlowthe subfioor, flexible flaps depending on' the inner sideof the same permitting the air to flow inwardly the fiooig'and outwardl atetheonly, upwardly-opening regulating-valvesin the subfioor normally open and adapted to be closed at different ressures from below,

7. A house having apertures in the floorand supported above the ground, valves opening mwardl beneath the-floor, valves opening outwar l at the top of the house and a plurality o differently-weighted pivoted louver-boardsbeneath the floornor- .mally open andadapted to be closed at different air-pressures and controlling the admission of air through the floor.

, 8. Avsectionallysbuilt, house having apertures in the floor and supported above the ground, valves opening inwardly beneath the oor, valves opening outwardlyat the top of the house and a plurality of differentl weighted pivoted louver-boardsbeneath t e floor normally open .and-ada ted to be closed at different air-'pressuresan controlling the admission of air through-the floor.

hi ed floor-strips an louver'boards in the roo arranged to permit outflow of air only.

9. A house having apertures in'the floor and supported above the ground, valves opening lnwardly beneath the .-floor,' valves opening outwar ly atthe top 'ofthe. house mally open and adaptedto be closed at different airressures, controlling the admission of air t lirough the fioor and a wire screen coveringthe frame for the louver-boards. v

10. In a sectionally-built house having upwardly-opening valves in the floor, valves arranged in the foundation of the house and o ening inwardly by wind=pressure beneath t e floor, means distributing the air beneath the floor 'and' affording a uniform draft upwardly around the walls and outwardlyopening valves at the top ofJthe house each comprising a plurality of louver-boards ar-' ranged at the sides of the roof and flalps acting to close the o enings between the ouverboards by inwar pressure. I

11. 'In a section lly-built house, the combination with theroof, the walls and a-flo'or having enings therein arranged around the Walls, of liinged closures for said 0 nings in the floor, a subfioor, regulating-va ves in. the

subfloor, louver-boards arranged in the foundation at the four sides of'the house and affording inwardly-opening valves beneath the subfloor, a ventilator at the top of the house and louver-boards arranged on the four sides of the ventilator and affording outwardly- 0 enin valves whereby circulation and supy'of esh air within the house is afforded y wind-pressure.

12. In 'a house of foundation, louver-boards arranged therein and inclined at their outer sides downwardly, and depending flaps of flexible material supported on the inner side of each louver-board and depending below theupperedge of the next lower board and adapted to be 'swung inwardly by wind-pressure and to' close by pressure outwardly. 13. In a sectionally-built house the combination with the foundation and sills detach.- ably engaged thereon, of sets of louverboards arranged inthe foundation in sections, each set of louver boards affording outwardly and downwardly inelined horizontal members affordin an air-space between the same and a flap 0 flexible material supported on each louver-board and depending over the upper edge of the next lower board and adapted to swing inwardly by pressure from without and to c ose by pressure from within and affording valves at thefour sides of the house. l

14. In a sectionally-built house the combination with the foundation and the sills detachably engaged thereon, of sets of louverboards arranged inthe foundation in sections, each set of louver-boards affording outwardly and downwardly inclined horizontal members affording an air-space between the same, a flap of flexible material supported on each louver-board and de endin over the upper edge of the next ower oard and the class described a ada ted to swing inwardly by pressure from wit out andto close from. pressure within and aifordin valves at the four sides of the house,'a sub oor and regulatin and distributing means located in the sub oor adapted to regulate the amount and distribute the inflowing air beneath. the floor.

15. In a house of the class described the combination with the roof, the walls, the apertured floor and a subfioor, of a centrally- ,arranged louver-frame in the subfloor, louverboards pivoted therein, and differently weighted to close at predetermined pressures from belowbut ada ted to admit of an u ward current of air t erethrough and aflor ing openings between said louver-boards varying with the upward pressure and a wire net covering the louver-frame.

' 16.. In a sectional house of the class described, the combination with an a ertured floor, the walls, the roof and a sub oor, of a centrally-arranged louver-frame in the subfioor, louver-boards pivoted therein and. differently weighted at their lower edges and adapted to admit of an upward current'of air therethrough, the openings between said louver-boards varying with the upward pressure and a wire net covering the louverirame, said louver-frame with" its louverboards affording a sectionindependently removable. a

17. 'A' house comprisingside and end sec-.

tions rigidly bolted together, a sectional floor having apertures arranged around the Wall,

hinged closures therefor, a sectional roof rigidly secured to the wall-sections, a ventilator having outwardl -0pening valves therein and affording an in ependently-removable section, inwardly-opening valves beneath the. house adapted together with saidventilatorvalves to admit a continuons flow of air into and through the house by wind-pressure.

18. The combination with a house, of'aventilator thereon,.com rising a plurality of louverframes arrange boards, eye ate at the loweredge thereof andpins extending through said eyelets and into one of-said louver-boards afiording-out' wardly-opening valves.

19. In a house of' the class described,

means admittinga constant supply of air beneath the house, hinged sectionsin the floor arranged around the walls of the house and adapted to admit of u ward flow therethrough, a ventilator at t e top of the'house having outwardly -opening valves therein,

said house being constructed of independent detachable sections, rigidly bolted each 'to I floor arranged above the inwardly-opening valves, hinged closures for the apertures therein, whereby when apertures are open, a'

continuous flow of air is afforded through the house and upward b wind-pressure.

21. In a sectional y -built house the com bination with the side walls and roof thereof, of a floor having hinged sections about its margins-and through its center, a foundation, ventilating-valves therein, a subfloor, Weighted valves therein and automaticallyoperating valves in said roof.

22. In a, sectionally-built house the combination with the walls constructed in sections, of a sectional roof therefor, means for removably enga ing said roof-sections to the walls, downwardly and outwardly inclined louver-boards in said roof, flexible flaps between said boards and adapted to open b outward pressure, a floor, asubfloor beneat the same, weighted louver-boards in said subs floor, a foundation, louver-boards therein and rearwardly-opening flexible flaps thereon.

23. In a sectionally-built house the combination with the roof and side walls thereof, of downwardly and outwardly inclined louver-boards rigidly secured in said roof, a flexible flap engaged on the inner side of each and depending below the top of the next row of boards and provided with eyelets in the lower margins thereof, pins in the tops of said boards adapted to en ag'e insaid eyelets, a floor and means in said oor adapted to admit a regulable flow of air therethrough.

24. In a house the combination with the roof, floors and walls, of downwardl and outwardly inclined louver-boards ri i 1y en.- gaged in said roof and walls, flexi le flaps controlling the openings between said boards and regulable valves in the floor afi'ording communication through the walls and roof.

25. The combination with the side walls and roof of a house, of a floor,-a subfloor beneath the floor, hinged sections in said floor and valves in said roof and subfloor adapted to aflford air-passages therethrough.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD J. NOBLETT.

Witnesses:

H. S. RUDD, W. W. WITHENBURG. 

